Vaulted Platform at State/Lake Station, Chicago

Commuters wait on a vaulted, column-lined subway platform at a CTA station in downtown Chicago.
Commuters wait on a vaulted, column-lined subway platform at a CTA station in downtown Chicago.

This vaulted platform serves State/Lake station, a CTA Loop stop connecting the Green, Orange, Brown, and Pink lines in downtown Chicago. The station's barrel-arched ceiling and rows of concrete columns date to an earlier era of Chicago's elevated and subway transit construction, distinguishing it from more modern CTA stops. Located near Randolph and State Streets, the station provides access to the Loop's theater and retail district.

Photo taken in October 2019.

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